![]() When the radicles emerge (after 8-12 weeks in chilling), we plant the seeds in tubes or book planter cells and grow them out under strong light for 12-16 weeks. The seeds, which are tiny and encased in delicate net bags that are beautiful to behold under a microscope, are dormant and require moist chilling to germinate. This makes paintbrushes a little tricky to propagate.Ĭulture: We have had success propagating several paintbrush species using the following protocol. Like many of its relatives, it is a water parasite that survives drought by attaching to the roots of other plants-it is not fussy about which plants, utilizing many species of flowers, shrubs, and grasses. ![]() Drought hardy (i.e., needs no supplemental water after establishment on the Wasatch Front). Leaves: lance-shaped, the upper ones three-lobedįlower Color: bracts and calyx brilliant crimson, corollas yellowish greenįlower Form: flowers borne in dense terminal spikes corollas slender, inconspicuous, with elongate beak (galea).įlowering Season: early spring to early summerĬultural Requirements: Prefers full sun and rich to well-drained soils, but tolerates partial shade. Habitat: creosote bush, blackbrush, salt desert shrub, sagebrush, and pinyon- juniper communitiesįoliage Color: dark green, covered with stiff, whitish hairs Other Common Names: Desert Paintbrush, Spring Paintbrushįamily: Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae)ĭistribution: common and widely distributed in the Intermountain West With very little care, this plant can be propagated for many years.Indian Paintbrush FACT SHEET: Indian Paintbrush Fruits are only occasionally produced indoors, presumably for lack of pollinating insects, but when one does produce a seed, this can be sown, and should grow, though it is a slower process. Offsets can be separated carefully from the parent plant to be grown on, preferably when they are fairly well developed, and ensuring that there is some root on them. It reproduces readily by adventitious buds or offsets, which may be removed when the flowering period is over. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It prefers not to be in full sun, but is very tolerant of under-watering, and flowers better if restricted in a small pot. This is a very successful indoor plant where it is too tender to be grown outdoors, and thrives on "healthy neglect". albiflos is hardy down to about 1 ☌ (34 ☏) but does not survive prolonged freezing temperatures. The whole plant grows to 20–30 cm (8–12 in) tall by 15 cm (6 in) wide. In late autumn and winter, brush-like umbels comprising multiple tiny white florets are borne on stout stems, followed by fleshy red oval fruits which have white seeds. The leaves are up to 40 cm (16 in) long, and may have a covering of short, soft hairs, and occasionally yellow spots on the upper surface. Since it produces a pair of leaves once a year and is evergreen, the plant may have up to three pairs of leaves. The upper half of the bulb is usually exposed and bright green. As a pot plant it has been called "elephant's tongue" and "elephant ear" - for its leaves - or "shaving-brush (or paintbrush) plant" - for its flowers. The specific epithet albiflos means "white flower" in English. ![]() albiflos is the only Haemanthus species found in both winter and summer rainfall regions, and has a mainly coastal distribution from the southern Cape through the Eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, showing a preference for cool, shady spots. It is an evergreen bulbous perennial geophyte, prized horticulturally for its unusual appearance and extreme tolerance of neglect. It is sometimes given the English name paintbrush, not to be confused with Castilleja species which also have this name. Haemanthus albiflos is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to the coast and mountains of South Africa.
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